Racecards
19:50 Chelmsford City
Celebrate Christmas At CCR Maiden Stakes (Class 5)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 1m 5f 66y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £6,000 added
- Winner: £3,881
- 2nd: £1,155
- 3rd: £577
- 4th: £289
Snow Prince
17- Form 4
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Trainer S Gollings
- Jockey T Hamilton
tracked leaders on outside, 2nd over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
Eton Ness
178- Form 9
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer J R Best
- Jockey Kieren Fox
pulled hard tracking leader, pushed along over 3f out,. weakened quickly over 2f out, behind and eased final furlong, tailed off
Starcrossed
57- Form 0443
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer Eve Johnson Houghton
- Jockey J P Fahy
made virtually all, ridden over 1f out, held on gamely, all out
- Form 4-38327
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer Mrs L J Mongan
- Jockey T P Queally
tracked leaders on inside, 2nd over 1f out, upsides throughout final furlong, lost on the nod
- Form 23
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey Jim Crowley
held up tracking leaders, 3rd and one pace final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Walpole is interesting having made a winning start in a bumper over a year ago now and making his debut on the Flat today. Snow Prince also started life in bumpers and ran well enough in this code at Pontefract last month while Starcrossed finished ahead of Voice Control when third at Kempton in September. Eton Ness was beaten a distance on his debut in May but WAVELET has shaped well in both starts to date at Kempton and David Simcock's filly gets the vote with this longer trip expected to bring improvement.
Formwatch
Snow Prince 80-1 (9-12) Towards rear, headway 4f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 15, 4 3/4l behind Blue Sea Of Ibrox (9-7) at Pontefract 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gs in Oct.
Eton Ness 66-1 (8-13) Last pair, pushed along and struggling inside final 4f, behind final 3f, tailed off, last of 9, 23 3/4l behind Genres (8-13) at Windsor 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gf in May.
Starcrossed 20-1 (9-4) With leader, soon led, headed over 5f out, tracked leader, no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 4 1/2l behind Revision (8-8) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Voice Control (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, one pace and no impression, 7th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Revision (8-8) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Wavelet 3-1fav (9-0) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 12, 4 3/4l behind Queen's Novel (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Walpole (IRE) 9-4fav (10-12) Always traveling best, close up, led 3f out, ran on, won at Huntingdon 1m 6f (6) gd in Oct beating Passmore (10-5) by 1 3/4l, 10 ran.